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KU's Lies signs

with Carolina

Michael Lies became the third Kansas University offensive lineman to sign a free-agent NFL deal when he agreed to terms Sunday with Carolina.

Lies, a Wichita Collegiate product who began his college career at Trinity University, walked on at KU before earning a scholarship as a sophomore.

Lies, a tackle, tackle Dan Dercher and guard Justin Glasgow all went undrafted. Dercher signed with San Francisco and Glasgow inked with Miami.

Kirk, Lytle break

Baker track marks

Baldwin -- Baker's Liesel Kirk and Amanda Lytle set school track records at the William Jewell Invitational on April 10.

Kirk, a freshman from Topeka, broke the women's 1,500-meter run record with a time of 4:48.10. Lytle, a sophomore from Wellsville, broke the women's hammer mark with a toss of 117-1.

Frangoulis coaches

victorious all-stars

Omaha, Neb. -- Baker's John Frangoulis was head coach of the Heart of America Conference all-star football team that edged Nebraska-Iowa Conference All-Stars, 14-13, on Saturday in the second annual Heartland All-Star Classic.

Five Baker seniors -- Jake Stras, Chuck Osborne, Mark Gay, Trey Cavanah and Sean Frazier -- played for the HAAC All-Stars.

LHS tennis wins,

ties, loses at LTC

Alex Chief and Mike Connolly each claimed two singles victories as Lawrence High beat Topeka Seaman, tied Topeka West and fell to Topeka Washburn Rural in a boys tennis triple dual on Monday at the Lawrence Tennis Center.

Chieu accounted for the Lions' lone win in its 3-1 loss to Rural, and he contributed to Lawrence's 3-1 victory over Seaman. Connolly helped the Lions to a 2-2 tie with West and picked up another win against Seaman.

"Alex Chieu concentrated especially well in the first match against Rural," LHS coach Dick Wedel said. "After he sat out a round, he had a hard time getting started against the Seaman player, but he collected himself and and ran out the last three or four games.

"Mike Connolly lost 6-1, 6-1 when he played (his Rural opponent) last winter, so we count a close loss as improvement. Mike concentrated well and had pretty good poise, which is the difference in many top-flight matches."

Santaularia second;

FSHS 3rd; LHS 6th

Overland Park -- Free State sophomore Charlie Santaularia tied for second and Free State placed third at the Shawnee Mission East golf invitational on Monday at Meadowbrook Country Club.

Santaularia tied SM East's Joe Pryor for second, two strokes behind winner Byron Shultz of Shawnee Mission South.

Free State's Brent Patterson and Lawrence High's Ryan Morgan both shot 79s, one stroke behind the fifth-place medalist cutoff.

LHS placed sixth overall with a team score of 327.

SM South won the team title with a 319.

Also, a split-squad Free State team placed third at the three-team Eagle Bend Invitational. Kevin Stamer led the Firebirds with an 80. Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst won the team title with a 296. Free State shot 340.

LHS sophs sweep SMS

Lawrence High's sophomore softball team swept a doubleheader with Shawnee Mission South, 25-2 and 6-5, Monday at the Youth Sports Inc. field. Macela Hill was the winning pitcher in the first game, and Larrissa Johnson earned the win in the nightcap.

DeSoto softball sweeps P-L

Perry -- DeSoto swept Perry-Lecompton, 15-0 and 14-1, in high school softball on Monday. Shasta Stanwix went 2-for-2 in the nightcap for Perry, which was playing its season opener after six rainouts. Perry will travel to Jefferson West today.

Eudora pounds

Burlingame twice

Burlingame -- Aaron Rose went 5-for-10 on the night with nine RBIs, and five pitchers combined to shut out Burlingame in Eudora's doubleheader baseball sweep on Monday.

Eudora (6-2) pounded the Bearcats, 26-0 and 12-0.

Justin Spring was 4-for-8 with eight RBIs, and Mark Elmer was 5-for-8 with two home runs on the night. Winner Brent Carnagie, Daniel Chrislip, Cory Smith and Elmer combined on a one-hitter in the opener. Matt Bradshaw threw a five-inning complete game in the nightcap. Bradshaw struck out 12.

The Cardinals will play host to Spring Hill on Thursday.

KU softball shifted

Today's softball doubleheader between Kansas University and Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, Mo., has been changed to Wednesday. The doubleheader is slated to begin at 3 p.m.

KU lacrosse falls

Madison, Wis. -- Kansas bowed to Wisconsin, 10-0, and to Bethel, 9-6, in women's club lacrosse over the weekend.